Shep And The Limelites
Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop trio of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 – January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 – January 18, 1995). They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home", co-written by Sheppard.
Career
Sheppard and Bassett, both from Queens, New York, and Baskerville, originally from Virginia, organized a group in Queens in 1960. This was billed initially as Shane Sheppard And The Limelites, but quickly became Shep and the Limelites. All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos ("Trickle, Trickle" - later covered by The Manhattan Transfer).
Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960. They recorded the original version of "Daddys Home" on February 1, 1961. "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May, and was covered by P. J. Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (Funky Kingston 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as "Daddy's Home", but still sold well; among these were "What Did Daddy Do", "Ready For Your Love" and "Our Anniversary".
Kahl Music, publisher
of "A Thousand Miles Away", an earlier song written by Sheppard, sued
Keel Music, publisher of "Daddy's Home", for copyright violation.
Keel eventually lost, and this resulted in the end of the Limelites and Hull
Records in 1966. Bassett joined The Flamingos and Baskerville joined The
Players and then The Drifters. Sheppard re-formed the Limelites in the late
1960s, but was murdered on January 24, 1970. He died in his car on the Long
Island Expressway as a result of gunshot injuries sustained during an attempted
robbery. Baskerville died, at age 58 on January 18,
James Sheppard's
legacy includes the composing of rock 'n' roll's first song cycle. Writing
songs for both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, he tells the story of
going home to his girl, with twists along the way, getting married, and
celebrating their anniversary. The songs that told this story were "A
Thousand Miles Away", "
Tracks;
01 - Daddy's Home.mp3
02 - This I Know.mp3
03 - Ready for Your Love.mp3
04 - You'll Be Sorry.mp3
05 - What Did Daddy Do.mp3
06 - Gee Baby, What About You.mp3
07 - Our Anniversary.mp3
08 - Who Told the Sandman.mp3
09 - Three Steps from the Alter.mp3
10 - Oh What a Feeling.mp3
10 - Oh What a Feeling.mp3.tmp.mp3
11 - Stick by Me (And I'll Stick by You).mp3
12 - I'm A-Hurting Inside.mp3
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